Portland Police See 240 Percent Yearly Increase in July Shootings
Portland police have responded to 17 shootings so far this month, a 240 percent increase when the city saw five in the same timeframe last year, the department announced Monday. One shooting earlier this month injured a man, while another resulted in an infant child putting a spent bullet in her mouth, police revealed. In a statement, Portland police chief Chuck Lovell called the spike “alarming.” “Gun violence negatively impacts everyone in our community and the increase we are seeing is alarming,” he . “As a community, we must come ...
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